Based on John Kerr's book, the film dissects the intense friendship between Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and his protege Carl Jung (a nimble, mesmerizing Michael Fassbender) as it was reflected, refracted, and eventually shattered by Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), a remarkable patient they both tried to cure. (www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/; $30.99 DVD; $35.99 Blu-ray; rated R)
Other DVDs of note
Steven Spielberg outdoes himself with Paramount's
The Adventures of Tintin, a lovely, thrilling, breathtaking, animated spectacle based on Hergé's famed comics about a young reporter, his dog Snowy and pal Captain Haddock and their
Indiana Jones-ish adventures around the world.
(www.paramount.com/dvd; $29.99 DVD; $44.99 Blu-ray/DVD combo; PG).
Tintin made the small screen in 1991 in a three-season animated show that ran on HBO. Shout! Factory has released the first two on DVD, The Adventures of Tintin: Season One, and Season Two. (www.shoutfactory.com/; $19.93 each; not rated)
World on a Wire. German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder made a little-known foray into science fiction with this fantastic 1973 TV mini-series from Criterion Collection. Based on Daniel F. Galouye's prescient novel, Simulacron-3, the story is a trippy look at the idea of virtual reality. Fassbinder creates an eerie, evocative vision with a shoestring budget and no special effects. (www.criterion.com/; $24.99 DVD; $39.95 Blu-ray; not rated)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Director Tomas Alfredson ably handles this two-hour adaptation of novelist John le Carré's 1974 spy classic from Universal. But his was an impossible task: The BBC's six-hour 1979 mini-series adaptation, starring Alec Guinness, is one of the best spy films ever made. (www.universalstudiosentertainment.com/; $29.98 DVD; $34.98 Blu-ray/DVD combo; rated R)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara are electric in this epic adaptation from Sony of Stieg Larsson's first Millennium book. David Fincher's movie more than holds its own next to last year's Swedish-language film. (www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/; $30.99 DVD; $40.99 Blu-ray/DVD combo)
Melancholia. Kristen Dunst won the best-actress award at Cannes for her moving turn in Lars von Trier's poetic meditation on life, love, the universe and everything, out from Magnolia. (www.magpictures.com/; $26.98 DVD; $29.98 Blu-ray; rated R)
The Tribe: Series 1, Part 1. A virus has killed every human adult. The world has become a dangerous playground for vicious, bloodthirsty gangs. How is a good-hearted teen to survive? That's the premise of this odd, fun TV show from New Zealand that aired from 1999 to 2003. Think Mad Max crossed with Lord of the Flies and My So-Called Life. Shout! Factory plans to release the entire, 260-episode run. (www.shoutfactory.com/; $29.93; not rated)
Private Eye. What if Sherlock Holmes were born in Korea? Then he'd be A Hong Jin-ho (Jeong-min Hwang), the enterprising, if not always moral detective in this immensely enjoyable South Korean mystery set in the early 20th century. The movie, released by Pathfinder, is filled with references to Arthur Conan Doyle's stories and even features its own version of Dr. Holmes. (www.pathfinderpictures.com/; $24.98; not rated)
Contact Tirdad Derakhshani at 215-854-2736 or tirdad@phillynews.com.
